http://www.ocs.net Dedicated to Keeping Obsolete Computers Alive Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:50:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some of you may think that I have already graduated from UC Santa Cruz. This is not the case, and the saga continues. I just learned this morning that the last hoop (that I know of) that requires jumping through has been accomplished: UCSC shows my summer class ... http://www.ocs.net/?p=51 I am currently taking three courses each quarter. My dad and a few of my friends seem to think that this doesn’t seem like it is enough, but it seems to be plenty of work to me. I have calculated that lecture time for three courses and one ... http://www.ocs.net/?p=50 I made matzah brei for the first time this morning. Working from the recipe in The Complete Passover Cookbook and past experience watching my mom make it, it came out pretty well. The only real issue was that I was trying to make this and get a cup ... http://www.ocs.net/?p=49 Signed up for my last set of classes at UCSC last week. Here’s my schedule: MWF 2:00-3:10p CMPS130 Computational Models MWF 3:30-4:40p CMPS104B Fundamentals of Compiler Design II TuTh 12:00-1:45p CMPE117 Embedded Systems Software No 8am classes this ... http://www.ocs.net/?p=48 I am currently working on another round of Gentoo updates on my machines. I do this in batches so that the pain of having something or rather on my computers(s) not working is lessened. Today’s Gentoo Challenge: Upgrading Xorg from version 7.0 to 7.1. Result: Partial Success. The worst ... http://www.ocs.net/?p=47 Dear Amazon.com: Your website reports that my package started its life on January 29, 2007 and has a label of “Arrival Scan” on December 31, 1969 at 3:59:59 PM. Either my package has gone back in time, or your website has a bug. You should probably look into ... http://www.ocs.net/?p=46 This is a complaint that I have sent to the San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) about poor service times this evening on their light rail service. Complaint about: Specific Incident Subject: Poor service times today on N-Inbound Date of Occurance: 7/5/2006 Time 6-6:30pm Location: Montgomery St. Station Line Number: N Direction: Inbound Comment: I use the N line ... http://www.ocs.net/?p=43 I just discovered that I could have started registering for classes… on May 18… oh well, I got everything I needed. My school schedule from September 21-December 7, 2006 will be as follows: MWF 12:30-1:40p CMPS104A Fundamentals of Compiler Design I MWF 3:30-4:40p CMPS102 ... http://www.ocs.net/?p=41 It’s been a while since I have purchased any new music… part of being a college student I think. Well I have picked up two noteworthy new releases. Dixie Chicks. Taking the Long Way Home and The Little Willies. The Little Willies are both great albums ... http://www.ocs.net/?p=40 I went down to Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company this evening to get out of the house for a bit and get some work done. But as luck would have it, I am instead ranting about how windows reconfigured and broke itself instead, requiring me to spend an hour ... http://www.ocs.net/?p=38